See also: sèrp, SERP, and серп

Afrikaans

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  • IPA(key): /sɛrp/
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serp (plural serpe)

  1. scarf

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan serp, from Latin serpēns, derived from serpō (crawl, creep), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

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serp f (plural serps)

  1. snake
    Synonym: serpent

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Lower Sorbian

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serp

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From Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥p-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian serp, Polish sierp, Czech srp, Serbo-Croatian sȓp, Russian серп (serp).

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serp m inan (diminutive serpik)

  1. sickle

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Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “serp”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “serp”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Maltese

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Borrowed from Sicilian serpi.

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serp m (plural sriep, feminine serpa, diminutive srejjep)

  1. snake
    Kleopatra qatlet ruħha b’idejha b’gidma ta’ serp velenuż.
    Cleopatra single-handedly killed herself with the bite of a poisonous snake.
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Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *serpes, from Latin serpēns.

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serp f (plural serps)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) snake

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Upper Sorbian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ.

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serp m inan

  1. sickle (agricultural utensil consisting of a short handle to which a curved and narrow steel or iron blade, with a serrated edge, is attached, used for mowing or harvesting)

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References

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  • serp” in Soblex